Laura Cardoso,
artistic name of Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso Balleroni
OMC (born 13 September 1927) is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television.
Early life
Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso was born in
São Paulo
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, the daughter of
Portuguese immigrants.
At first, the parents resisted. But when she was 15, Laura had no doubt. She decided that it was time to take the tram of history and began the career of actress of radionovelas in Radio Cosmos.
Career
Still young, Cardoso made her debut in the
Tupi TV show ''Tribunal do Coração'' (1952). She participated in
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
s such as ''Um Lugar ao Sol'' (1959), an adaptation of
Theodore Dreiser
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's novel by
Dionísio Azevedo, and '' Ídolo de Pano'' (1975) by Teixeira Filho. At the same time, Cardoso also worked at
TV Excelsior
TV Excelsior was a Brazilian television network founded by Mário Wallace Simonsen on July 9, 1960, in São Paulo, São Paulo. Its last broadcast happened on September 30, 1970, when the Brazilian military dictatorship put an abrupt end to i ...
,
RecordTV
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and
TV Cultura
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.
After two years dedicated to the theater, in 1981, she was invited by
Globo
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to integrate the cast of
Gilberto Braga's telenovela ''
Brilhante''.
In 1982, she starred in ''
Ninho de Serpente'' and ''Renúncia'' aired by
TV Bandeirantes. Back in the Globo TV, Cardoso appeared in three
Walther Negrão's telenovelas: ''
Pão-Pão, Beijo-Beijo'' (1983), ''
Livre para Voar'' (1984) e ''Fera Radical'' (1988). After that, she made
Silvio de Abreu
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's ''
Rainha da Sucata'' (1990), and
Manoel Carlos's ''
Felicidade
''Felicidade'' ( English: ''Happiness'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo
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'' (1991), and three remakes of very successful telenovelas, two by
Ivani Ribeiro, ''
Mulheres de Areia'' (1993) and ''
A Viagem'' (1994).
In 1995, Cardoso appeared in ''
Irmãos Coragem'' and
Gloria Perez's ''
Explode Coração'', the first telenovela filmed in
Projac (today ''Estúdios Globo''). In 1998, Cardoso starred in ''Vila Madalena'', and after a brief passage in
RecordTV
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, where she appeared in Marcos Lazarini's ''
Vidas Cruzadas'' (2000), she returned to Globo to starred
Walcyr Carrasco's ''
A Padroeira'' in 2001.
She then appeared as Madalena in ''
Esperança'' (2002), and in 2003 as Carmen in ''
Chocolate com Pimenta''.
In 2005, she appeared in the mini-series ''
Hoje É Dia de Maria'', Cardoso also participated in the cast of ''
O Profeta'' (2006), and in
Aguinaldo Silva's ''
Duas Caras'' (2007). In ''
Caminho das Índias'' (2009) she played the Indian Laksmi Ananda.
In 2010 she played Mariquita in ''
Araguaia''. In 2012, she starred in the role of Dorotéia, in the remake of ''
Gabriela'', an adaptation of
Jorge Amado
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's novel, written by
Walcyr Carrasco.
In 2014, she appeared in three productions of Globo: in the television series ''
Segunda Dama'' and in the telenovelas ''
Império'' and ''
Boogie Oogie''.
On April 26, 2024, Laura Cardoso won a Special Tribute on the GloboPlay streaming service in Brazil.
Filmography
*1964 - Imitando o Sol
*1964 - O Rei Pelé
*1965 - Quatro Brasileiros em Paris
*1969 - Corisco, O Diabo Loiro
*1976 - Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente
*1977 - Tiradentes, O Mártir da Independência
*1979 - Gaivotas
*1980 - Ariella
*1982 - Um Casal de Três .... Shirley
*1987 - Quincas Borba
*1988 - Adultério (
short film
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)
*1988 - Fera Radical
*1989 - Lua Cheia
*1990 -
Rainha da Sucata .... Iolanda Maia
*1991 -
Felicidade
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.... Cândida Peixoto
*1993 -
Mulheres de Areia .... Isaura
*1994 -
A Viagem .... Dona Guiomar
*1995 - Irmãos Coragem .... Sinhana
*1995 -
Terra Estrangeira .... Manuela
*1995 -
Explode Coração .... Soraya
*1996 -
Salsa e Merengue .... Ruth Campos Queiroz
*1998 - Uma Aventura de Zico
*1998 -
Meu Bem Querer
''Meu Bem Querer'' (''My Wishing Well'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo
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.... Yeda Ferreira de Souza
*1999 -
Vila Madalena .... Deolinda Xavier
*2000 - Através da janela .... Selma
*2001 - Copacabana .... Selma
*2001 -
A Padroeira .... Silvana
*2002 - No Bar
*2002 - Morte
*2002 -
Esperança
*2003 -
Chocolate com Pimenta
*2004 -
Como uma Onda
*2004 - Sob Nova Direção .... Madre Superiora
*2005 - Hoje é dia de Maria .... Narrador
*2006 -
Belíssima
''Belíssima'' is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo
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.... Woman (cameo)
*2006 -
O Profeta .... Abigail
*2007 -
Desejo Proibido .... Sebastiana (cameo)
*2007 -
Duas Caras .... Alice (cameo)
*2008 - Ciranda de Pedra .... Prosópia (cameo)
*2009 -
India – A Love Story
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.... Laksmi Ananda
*2010 -
Araguaia .... Mariquita
*2011 -
A Grande Família .... Glória Rosa e Silva
*2012 -
Gabriela .... Doroteia
*2013 -
Pé na Cova
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Created and written by Miguel Falabella, with scripts by Alessandra Poggi, Antonia Pelle ...
*2013 -
Flor do Caribe
''Flor do Caribe'' (English: ''Caribbean Flower'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo originally ran from March 11 to September 19, 2013.
Plot
Cassiano ( Henri Castelli), an air force pilot, and Ester ( Grazi Massafera) ...
*2014 -
Império
*2016 -
Sol Nascente
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Created by Walther Negrão, Suzana Pires and Júlio Fischer, in collaboration ...
*2017 -
O Outro Lado do Paraíso
*2019 -
A Dona do Pedaço
References
External links
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1927 births
Living people
Actresses from São Paulo
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian telenovela actresses
20th-century Brazilian actresses
21st-century Brazilian actresses
Commanders of the Order of Ipiranga